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Peggy Pasillas's avatar

Can’t wait to see all the empty bleachers along the parade route!

Pearl Geffers's avatar

The video panning will be doctored, undoubtedly spliced together.

Larry's avatar

Folks. What you have to realize by now and what the free press ignores is:

This is a classic Mob Boss ploy. The Mob Boss tells his crew to steal money from good people and businesses via a scam, lies, and bribes like; "Tariffs," "Stock Market YoYo," "An Airplane Palace," or "Big Beautiful Bill." Then, after the heist, the "Loot" is split up between the Boss and his Mob Goons aka "billionaires. If any of the good people speak up about the Mob Boss, The Heist, or his Goons stealing money, the Mob Boss sends out his Goons to beat you up, plant evidence and says that the good people are the crooks.

He learned this from Rudolph Ghouliani.

Letters from Rural America's avatar

Speaking of Rudy, I just want one person to ask him on camera who leaked that the 5 Family mob bosses were due to be arrested.

Brittany Sibenaller's avatar

You can definitely reserve some tickets and not show up....I know I did this. 😂

Debra Warner's avatar

Spoken like a true dictator.

Larry's avatar

"If we're going to jail, man, like, let's go

All we'll do is move forward

And if they lock us up

We knock it off

And God give us the blood to keep going

Let's go!

The whole world's watching!

The whole world's watching!

The whole world's watching!

The whole world's watching!"

....

Prologue- Chicago Transit Authority 1968

Spoken Like Resistance.

Sharon Maxey's avatar

No. People who protest don’t hate our country. They just don’t like narcissistic toddlers who want to give themselves a $92mil birthday parade, while cutting Medicaid and attempting to add $3tn to the national debt.

Sabrina Wood's avatar

And some of us love and served our country and refuse to simply let our democracy fall by the wayside. 🇺🇸

WTH Is Going On?! Chris Berrie's avatar

Not many are going. Our focus is on 1600 protests around the country to distract attention from his cos-play

California Jonathan's avatar

Trump is clueless about what constitutes leadership in a democratic society. He is a mob boss whose only mode is destructive, oppressive and thuggish. May God help us all. 🤦🏻‍♂️🙄🤬

Larry's avatar

See my comment above...

SPW's avatar

He is clueless but those around him are not. This is all Bannon and Miller’s wet dreams coming true.

Sally Cansdale's avatar

This whole situation is nauseating. I wake up every morning afraid of what he has done or is planning to do. This parade is disgusting. Also his administration is weakening veteran’s benefits. So ugly that a draft dodger is having a military parade. Shame on this country

Sally Cansdale's avatar

No worries let’s not fight we are on the same side. We must keep going on

JazzPaw's avatar

Stop being afraid. I got beyond that a while ago. He is digging a grave for himself and his party.

Joan McCurdy's avatar

I am not “there” yet but aspire to be like you and all the other so brave people.

But I still totally support you all.

Sharon Maxey's avatar

Well good for you. Condescension is not a good look, though. 🙄

JazzPaw's avatar

It wasn’t meant as an insult. We are in a long term fight. Fear isn’t going to be useful. Defiance and using the power you have is the only path forward.

Joan McCurdy's avatar

I knew your heart and will be rooting for you and all who want democracy and kindness for all law abiding people.

Sharon Maxey's avatar

True. But it was your delivery.

Joan McCurdy's avatar

If you meant me, I am sorry. I meant I am in Canada supporting all of you.

Sharon Maxey's avatar

No, not you. Thanks for your support!

Sharon Maxey's avatar

Not you. Thanks for your support!

Joan McCurdy's avatar

Thank you. I know words can be misconstrued.

The most important is all of us are on the same side, even very many millions here.

I would think at another time a lot of us would enjoy lunch together.

Joan McCurdy's avatar

Great and so true words ~ a military parade for a draft dodger!!!

Larry's avatar

Has the "free press" said anything about draft dodging bone spurs.... no. They are too scared. Turn afraid into Action.

Joyce Pitchlynn's avatar

I bought 2 tickets to the parade, as have many others who may be unable to attend.😉

Susan Gessford's avatar

He's CHARGING for this mess too? Of course he is.

Joyce Pitchlynn's avatar

No—didn’t buy—just reserved 2 spots.

Jl's avatar

I had a protest come up. Couldn’t find anyone that wanted my tickets.

Donna Lane's avatar

You have to pay to watch this authoritarian shit?????🤯🤯🤯

Joyce Pitchlynn's avatar

No—just reserved 2 spots.

Joyce Pitchlynn's avatar

I misspoke—I didn’t buy tickets—went on the site to get 2 spots reserved. However, as I said, something may come up….

Martha Kenne's avatar

You might have to wash your hair during that time.

BL Foster's avatar

Tickets? For a parade? Nonsense. It’s more fun to stand by the road and have a tall person in front of you! 😂 😉

Adrian Blakely's avatar

PROTEST TRUMP ANYWHERE OUTSIDE OF WASHINGTON D.C. VARY YOUR EFFORTS AND USE YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE AGAINST FASCISM. WORK AGAINST TRUMP AND VANCE UNTIL HE AND HIS REGIME ARE GONE AND THEY ARE IN JAIL. STAY SAFE AND PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY.

Sabrina Wood's avatar

💯💯💯🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Gary Gadwa's avatar

The man child is a certifiable Lunatic and should be removed from office!

Larry's avatar

Should and will are not the same.

Bluesmurf's avatar

It's easy to be a bully when there is no one in the audience to bully. Of course, it just makes him look foolish and weak. Smarter people decided long ago to NOT rally in DC on that day. Rallying all around the country is so much better. Everyone should be taking video and pictures and posting them on social media. This should be done in large numbers so there are thousands of pictures from around the world.

He will not be able to touch the rallies with his empty threat and they will get reported with larger numbers than his parade, which he will exaggerate to compensate. Looking forward to laughing my ass off when he doesn't get the turnout he is hoping for.

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Terri Seagull's avatar

His actions and his words demonstrate just how much he disrespects the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. As a president he took that oath to defend the US citizens from tyranny and oppression. He is illiterate at best and, more to the point, is inciting civil violence to push his policies to turn the country into a dictatorship. I am hoping that he doesn’t order his parade to fire upon citizens protesting against him. Such a little man and he wants to be king or dictator whichever gives him the power to control everyone. He’s such a dangerous person that is eroding our democracy.

Donna Lane's avatar

Another thing to consider…Trump is also implementing, most if not all the plans laid out for and by his administration, Project 2025. The republican Congress is going along because this plan has been a long time goal, like from Reagan era until today. And over the decades it’s morphed from white economic dominance to white Christian nationalism. Democrats have been playing by old DC rules & norms while the conservative PACs and think tanks have been training new generations fresh out of Ivy League law school graduates to figure out ways to twist settled precedents into ways to get the things they want from court rulings. Just my thoughts from watching the way things have gone down since 1980. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Larry's avatar

Yep. Harris, Democrats and Celebrities warned us but the country may have sold it's soul for a few dozen eggs.

Terri Seagull's avatar

It’s scary to think this has been in the works for so long. And so very sad. In my opinion, the rhetoric may have changed, but the desire for male dominance, particularly white male dominance, has stayed the same. Now it’s cloaked with the Bible as its cover. I wonder how the Lord looks upon the distortion.

Larry's avatar

Sorry, I am a Buddhist.

Terri Seagull's avatar

I was for very many years. So I’d ask you what kind of karma is this generating.

Nikki Thomason's avatar

This includes people who throw rubber chickens? (Will the chicken throwers be shot with rubber bullets)?

I’m glad the peaceful protest I will be attending isn’t in Washington DC.

Larry's avatar

Rotten tomatoes work. Bags of doge-doo?

Diane's avatar

He is a despicable traitor to this country and it's people.

Ann Katz's avatar

He is so disgusting! So unpresidential, unlikeable, boring, unintelligent, and on and on!

Ethel Gilliam's avatar

I think he’s a coward acting like a strongman!!!

Larry's avatar

Mob Boss mentality via Rudy.

Tom Price's avatar

Hope many take advantage of this invitation to ruin it. He should be spending this birthday in a federal prison.